I don't want to argue for historical determinism or whatever, but there's really no way to stop WWII or even WWI, and so on back to at least the French Revolution. And probably back a lot farther than that.

The funniest English comedian I have seen (well, lately) is Russell Kane. (At least, specifically, the time he was on Live at the Apollo in 2008.)

Karen Black! What an obscure reference.

We were visiting my parents, who got a couple of feet of snow last week, and it was exactly the right temperature for all that snow to become packing snow, perfect for making snowmen and giant snowballs.

Well there you go! Topical!

Good thing he has that other career to fall back on.

Your brother is standing in the middle of Afghanistan!

And Billy Connolly, and Ethan Embry, and David Thewlis…

It's not UC Santa Cruz?

"Wait a minute! We didn't learn who shot Mr. Burns!"

[I AM SORRY??]

Was that "[REGULAR COVERAGE??]" left in accidentally? It looks pretty funny like that.

Me too. That movie makes me angry about how little sense it makes, but when I heard this, I immediately though "oh, the guy from Timeline"

Aside from that line, all I remember about that movie is two characters having sex on top of a washing machine.

I don't want. Your life!

Hedy Lamarr invented wireless communication.

What cleans that Roomba?

Oh yeah, just like in every other post…I was thinking it was "names that start with A".

I can't wait to eat that monkey.

What's the "A" for? I would have said Clement Attlee.